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_Douglas._

This word is most probably from Lat. _bene_, well.

BENJEL, _s._ A heap, a considerable quant.i.ty; as ”a _benjel_ of coals,”

when many are laid at once on the fire, S. B. _Bensil_, however, is used in the same sense in the South and West of S.

V. ~Bensell~.

BENK, BINK, _s._ A bench, a seat. It seems sometimes to have denoted a seat of honour.

_Kelly._

Dan. _benk_, Germ. _bank_, scamnum; Wachter.

BENN, _s._ A sash.

V. ~Bend~.

_Statist. Acc._

BENORTH, _prep._ To the northward of; _besouth_, to the southward of, S.

_Wyntown._

BENSELL, BENSAIL, BENT-SAIL, _s._

1. Force, violence of whatever kind, S.

_Douglas._

2. A severe stroke; properly that which one receives from a push or shove, S.

3. ”A severe rebuke,” Gl. s.h.i.+rr. ”I got a terrible _bensell_;” I was severely scolded, S.

4. _Bensil of a fire_, a strong fire, South and West of S.

It is not unlikely that the word was originally _bent-sail_, as alluding to a vessel driven by the force of the winds.

_To_ BENSEL, _v. a._ To bang, or beat, Gl. Sibb. ”_Bensel_, to beat or bang. Vox rustica, Yorksh.” Gl. Grose.

BENSHAW, BEANSHAW, _s._ A disease, apparently of horses.

_Polwart._